Senate candidate Luke Mixon has been officially endorsed by fellow Democrat Governor John Bel Edwards. Mixon, an airline pilot from Pineville, is one of three announced candidates to challenge incumbent Senator John Kennedy this fall. UL-Monroe Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says the Governor’s endorsement is definitely a big deal. He says Mixon, like Edwards, is former military with a distinguished career…:
CUT 11(11) “…at the polls.”
Edwards will headline a fundraising event for Mixon’s campaign this month in New Orleans.
Amazon says it will probably be nearly a year before its Shreveport “fulfillment center” will be open and running, and so they won’t begin hiring workers until at least next February. Supply chain issues have impacted the timetable for the construction and internal build-out. Amazon also is taking time to upgrade the robots they’ll use at the center.
A bill to allow permitless concealed carry of a gun was amended to change its function entirely; making it now a bill about providing in-school security. It was amended by Gonzales Senator Eddie Lambert, who says the bill now allows a school to appoint a teacher or administrator to serve voluntarily as a school protection officer. Lambert says the appointed individual will also have to be post-certified…:
CUT 07(11) “…right now.”
The session ends Monday and it’s not likely there will be time for the bill in its current form to reach final passage.
Governor John Bel Edwards has signed the state’s $29-billion budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1st into law. Before his signature, he exercise his line-item veto on several items; mostly to restore some budget cuts to higher education.
The Department of Health reports nearly 1400 new COVID-19 cases, with just over 200 people in the hospital statewide with the virus. Another 5 COVID-related deaths are also reported.